Lost the en dash in MS Word for Mac 16.48

[Mikeo512]

With Word, it used to be the case that when I typed a hyphen followed by a space, the hyphen would automatically convert to an en dash. Somehow this has got messed up and now a hyphen remains as a hyphen even after a space. Can someone pse tell me how to restore the automatic en dash?
And by the same token, where is the em dash in MS Word for Mac?
Thanks in advance.
M

 

[MacInWin]

The em dash is created if you put two dashes right after the first word and no space. Like this: em--dash. It appears after you space past the last letter in the second word. Here is the image from after that space and before I typed it in:

Can't help with the en dash. Only one I know of in Word is the em dash. I found this in the Word help:

Keyboard shortcuts in Word
Insert an em dash (—). Ctrl+Alt+Minus sign (on the numeric keypad) Insert an en dash (–). Ctrl+Minus sign (on the numeric keypad) Insert an optional hyphen. Ctrl+Hyphen (-) Insert a nonbreaking hyphen. Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen (-) Insert a nonbreaking space. Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar. Insert a copyright symbol (©). Ctrl+Alt+C. Insert a registered trademark symbol (®).

Hope that helps some.

 

[Mikeo512]

OK - that's very helpful.
I've noted the points and this will sort me out.
M